John Lyall OGILVIE

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Service Number:	1371
Enlisted:	7 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company
Born:	Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Rockdale, New South Wales, 1 December 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Old Section. Services AIF Wall, Panel B, Position 14. Commemorated in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Armidale Memorial Fountain

7 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1371, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1371, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1371, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
26 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1371, 17th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the thigh.
21 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Light Railway Operating Company, From 17th Battalion. Embarked HS Dieppe for England on 30 July 1916
10 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Blacksmith, 1371, 17th Light Railway Operating Company, Bomb wound to the right thigh. Accidental
22 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Blacksmith, 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company
10 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1371, 3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Charles Ogilvie and Mary Ogilvie of Butler Street, Armidale, NSW.

Next of kin given as his sister Jessie Ogilvie of Hubert Street, Rockdale, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 21 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 17 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, King's Silver War Badge

During 1923c John married Rachel Emily Hoy in Waverley, NSW